{"product_id":"van-diemens-land-paperback","title":"Van Diemen’s Land Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"blurb-full-body bi-blue-links blurb-short\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe acclaimed history of colonial Tasmania\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e‘A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people’ - Tim Flannery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb-full-body bi-blue-links\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen’s Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this multi-award-winning history of colonial Tasmania, James Boyce shows how the newcomers were changed by the natural world they encountered. Escaping authority, they soon settled away from the towns, dressing in kangaroo skin and living off the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBehind the official attempt to create a Little England was another story of adaptation, in which the poor, the exiled and the criminal made a new home in a strange land. Inseparable from this was a growing war against Aboriginal Tasmanians, which became ever more extreme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is their story, the story of Van Diemen’s Land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Richard Flanagan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The most significant colonial history since \u003cem\u003eThe Fatal Shore\u003c\/em\u003e. In re-imagining Australia’s past, it invents a new future.’ - Richard Flanagan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Van Diemen’s Land is a fresh and sparkling account of the first generation of British settlement in Tasmania that also makes an important contribution to Australian colonial historiography.’ - Henry Reynolds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAwards for Van Diemen’s Land\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb-full-body awards-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinner, 2009 Tasmania Book Prize\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinner, 2008 Colin Roderick Award and recipient of H.T. Priestley Memorial Medal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortlisted, 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Award\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortlisted, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction, 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortlisted, Non-Fiction Award, 2010 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortlisted, Non-Fiction Award, 2008 Age Book of the Year Awards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortlisted, Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortlisted, The Prize for a First Book of History, 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortlisted, History Book Award, 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortlisted, Australian History Prize, 2008 NSW Premier's History Awards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortlisted, Newcomer of the Year in the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Boyce is a multi-award-winning historian. His first book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVan Diemen’s Land\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was described by Richard Flanagan as ‘the most significant colonial history since \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fatal Shore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’. He is also the editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInga Clendinnen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLosing Streak\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorn Bad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eImperial Mud\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e1835\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s 2012 Book of the Year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"industry-reviews\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Boyce\u003cbr\u003ePublished March 2023\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e408 Pages\u003cbr\u003e234mm x 153mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781760644819\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"James Boyce","offer_id":59591902232657,"sku":"9781760644819","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/6464\/files\/cover-2.jpg?v=1780350457","url":"https:\/\/shop.mhnsw.au\/products\/van-diemens-land-paperback","provider":"Museums of History NSW","version":"1.0","type":"link"}